Jesus asked, “What is the Kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it with?
O Jerusalem, beloved Jerusalem, what can I say? How can I comfort you? No one has ever suffered like this. Your disaster is boundless as the ocean; there is no possible hope.
Jesus told them another parable: “The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man sowed good seed in his field.
Jesus went on to say, “The Kingdom of God is like this. A man scatters seed in his field.
Again Jesus asked, “What shall I compare the Kingdom of God with?
No one will say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or, ‘There it is!’; because the Kingdom of God is within you.”
Jesus continued, “Now to what can I compare the people of this day? What are they like?